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*Subepithelial deposits - hump-like. | *Subepithelial deposits - hump-like.<ref name=pmid18162726>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sung | first1 = HY. | last2 = Lim | first2 = CH. | last3 = Shin | first3 = MJ. | last4 = Kim | first4 = BS. | last5 = Kim | first5 = YO. | last6 = Song | first6 = HC. | last7 = Kim | first7 = SY. | last8 = Choi | first8 = EJ. | last9 = Chang | first9 = YS. | title = A case of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. | journal = J Korean Med Sci | volume = 22 | issue = 6 | pages = 1074-8 | month = Dec | year = 2007 | doi = | PMID = 18162726 }}</ref> | ||
**Larger when measured perpendicular to the basement membrane, if compared to [[membranous nephropathy]]. | **Larger when measured perpendicular to the basement membrane, if compared to [[membranous nephropathy]]. | ||
**Typically focal. | **Typically focal. | ||
Revision as of 06:17, 11 April 2015
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis, abbreviated PIGN, is a rarely biopsied glomerulonephritis classically associated with a streptococcal infection.
General
Clinical:
Microscopic
Features:
- +/-Neutrophils - in glomerulus.
- Glomerular crescents.
Images
Post-infectious GN - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Post-infectious GN - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Post-infectious GN - schematic (WC/Nephron)
www:
IF
- Granular immune deposits.
EM
- Subepithelial deposits - hump-like.[3]
- Larger when measured perpendicular to the basement membrane, if compared to membranous nephropathy.
- Typically focal.
See also
References
- ↑ Barbiano Di Belgiojoso, G.; Genderini, A.; Ferrario, F.. "[Post-infectious glomerulonephritis].". G Ital Nefrol 20 (2): 184-99. PMID 12746805.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stratta, P.; Musetti, C.; Barreca, A.; Mazzucco, G. (Jun 2014). "New trends of an old disease: the acute post infectious glomerulonephritis at the beginning of the new millenium.". J Nephrol 27 (3): 229-39. doi:10.1007/s40620-013-0018-z. PMID 24777751.
- ↑ Sung, HY.; Lim, CH.; Shin, MJ.; Kim, BS.; Kim, YO.; Song, HC.; Kim, SY.; Choi, EJ. et al. (Dec 2007). "A case of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.". J Korean Med Sci 22 (6): 1074-8. PMID 18162726.